CN111491416B

CN111491416B - Lighting apparatus and control method thereof

Info

Publication number: CN111491416B
Application number: CN201910072534.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 彭耀祈; 陈冠宇; 张国辉; 简铭宏
Original assignee: Lite On Technology Corp
Current assignee: Lite On Technology Corp
Priority date: 2019-01-25
Filing date: 2019-01-25
Publication date: 2022-04-19
Anticipated expiration: 2039-01-25
Also published as: CN111491416A

Abstract

The invention provides a lighting apparatus and a control method thereof. The lighting device includes a plurality of light emitting assemblies, a power driver, a plurality of environmental parameter sensors, and a controller. The light emitting components are respectively controlled by a plurality of driving signals. The power driver provides a driving signal. The environmental parameter sensors respectively detect a plurality of environmental parameters. The controller analyzes the environmental state according to the environmental parameters to generate an analysis result, and enables the power driver to generate a driving signal according to the analysis result. The controller adjusts at least one of the luminous energy and the illumination color temperature of the luminous component by the driving signal.

Description

Lighting apparatus and control method thereof

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a lighting device and a control method thereof, and more particularly, to an intelligent lighting device capable of being controlled according to an environmental condition and a control method thereof.

Background

In the technical field of lighting equipment, the prior outdoor road lighting lamp is required to meet the requirements of road regulations as priority. In the prior art, the method for satisfying the uniformity of the road brightness is to redesign the optical lens of the lighting device to satisfy the requirement of the regulations. However, in practical situations, the performance of the lighting device is different from the default target due to the influence of environmental factors. If the light pattern is required to be completely in accordance with the regulations and the road environment, the light pattern distribution needs to be adjusted for many times or another lens needs to be redesigned; however, when the multiplicity of changes in the environmental conditions is increased, the prior art cannot completely adapt to the multiplicity of environmental conditions through a single type of fixing means, and thus the expression degree of the lighting apparatus is suppressed.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a lighting device and a control method thereof, which can effectively improve the comfort of vision.

The lighting device of the present invention comprises a plurality of light emitting assemblies, a power driver, a plurality of ambient parameter sensors, and a controller. The light emitting components are arranged in the main body and are respectively controlled by a plurality of driving signals. The power driver is coupled to the light emitting assembly and provides a driving signal. The environmental parameter sensor is arranged on the main body and respectively senses a plurality of environmental parameters. The controller is coupled to the power driver and the environmental parameter sensor, analyzes the environmental state according to the environmental parameter to generate an analysis result, and enables the power driver to generate a driving signal according to the analysis result. The controller adjusts at least one of the luminous energy and the illumination color temperature of the luminous component by the driving signal.

The control method of the lighting apparatus of the present invention includes: setting a plurality of environmental parameter sensors to respectively detect a plurality of environmental parameters; analyzing the environmental state according to the environmental parameters and generating an analysis result; generating a plurality of driving signals according to the analysis result; and adjusting at least one of the luminous energy and the display color temperature of a plurality of luminous components in the lighting equipment respectively according to the driving signals.

Based on the above, the lighting apparatus of the present invention detects a plurality of environmental parameters of the environment, and adjusts at least one of the light emitting energy and the lighting color temperature of the light emitting element according to the environmental parameters, so as to adjust the light pattern generated by the lighting apparatus. Therefore, the lighting device can dynamically adjust the generated lighting type according to the change of the environmental state of the environment where the lighting device is located, so that the visual uniformity of the road surface is optimized, and the visual comfort of a user is improved.

In order to make the aforementioned and other features and advantages of the invention more comprehensible, embodiments accompanied with figures are described in detail below.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a lighting apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of a lighting apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic view of another embodiment of the illumination apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the illumination apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view of a lighting apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 6 shows a control method of an illumination apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 7 shows a control method of an illumination apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention.

Description of the reference numerals

100. 200, 300, 400, 500: lighting device

110. 310, 510: controller

120: power supply driver

321-324, 521 and 522: driving circuit

131-13M, 231, 232, 531-53M: environmental parameter sensor

141-14N, 241-243, 541, 542: light emitting assembly

511: communication device

201: main body

410-440: partitioning

LD 1: light emitting diode

DRV 1-DRVN: drive signal

EP 1-EPM: environmental parameter

OPEN: open area

LGP: light guide assembly

CTR, CTR1, CTR 2: control signal

PWR, PWR1, PWR 2: supply voltage

111: lookup table

S610 to S640, S710 to S750: control steps of the lighting device

Detailed Description

Referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a schematic view illustrating an illumination apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention. The lighting device 100 includes a controller 110, a power driver 120, environmental parameter sensors 131-13M, and light emitting elements 141-14N. The light emitting elements 141-14N are disposed in the main body of the lighting device 100 and controlled by a plurality of driving signals DRV 1-DRVN, respectively. The environmental parameter sensors 131-13M are coupled to the controller 110 and disposed at a plurality of positions of the main body. The environmental parameter sensors 131-13M are used to detect a plurality of environmental parameters EP 1-EPM, respectively, and transmit the detected environmental parameters EP 1-EPM to the controller 110. The power driver 120 is coupled to the controller 110 and to the light emitting devices 141-14N for providing driving signals DRV 1-DRVN. The controller 110 analyzes the environmental status according to the environmental parameters EP 1-EPM and generates an analysis result. The controller 110 generates the control signal CTR according to the analysis result to control the power driver 140 to generate the driving signals DRV 1-DRVN.

In the embodiment, the environmental parameter sensors 131-13M can be a raindrop sensor, a humidity sensor, a fog sensor, a brightness sensor and an image capturing device, and are used to detect environmental parameters EP 1-EPM, such as raindrop state parameter, humidity state parameter, fog state parameter, brightness state parameter and environmental image, respectively. The controller 110 analyzes the environmental parameters EP 1-EPM generated by the environmental parameter sensors 131-13M, and generates a control signal CTR according to the analysis result. The controller 110 instructs the power driver 120 to generate the corresponding driving signals DRV 1-DRVN via the generated control signal CTR. The light emitting elements 141-14N adjust at least one of the provided illumination light pattern and the illumination color temperature according to the driving signals DRV 1-DRVN.

For example, when the controller 110 determines that the environmental state is a rain state, a fog state and a high humidity state according to the raindrop state parameter, the humidity state parameter and the fog state parameter, the controller 110 may determine that the lighting apparatus 100 is suitable for generating a relatively low color temperature and a lighting type with a high reflection luminance. The controller 110 generates the corresponding control signal CTR to instruct the power driver 120 to generate the corresponding driving signals DRV 1-DRVN. Thus, the light emitting elements 141 to 14N can adjust the illumination light pattern and the illumination color temperature (2700K to 3000K) according to the driving signals DRV1 to DRVN. In contrast, when the controller 110 determines that the environmental state is the rainless and fog-free state according to the raindrop state parameter and the humidity state parameter, the controller 110 may determine that the lighting apparatus 100 is suitable for generating the lighting color temperature (4000K to 5000K) higher than the low color temperature and is suitable for presenting the lighting light type with the low reflection luminance. The controller 110 generates the corresponding control signal CTR to instruct the power driver 120 to generate the corresponding driving signals DRV 1-DRVN.

The adjustment operation of the illumination light pattern can be performed by adjusting the ratio of the light emission energies of the light emitting elements 141 to 14N through the driving signals DRV1 to DRVN, respectively. The controller 110 can instruct the power driving circuit 120 to generate a plurality of identical or different driving signals DRV 1-DRVN according to the control signal CTR through the control signal CTR, and adjust the ratio of the light emitting energies of the light emitting elements 141-14N by making the light emitting energies of the light emitting elements 141-14N identical, completely different or partially identical through the driving signals DRV 1-DRVN.

Incidentally, in the embodiment of the present invention, the controller 110 receives the power supply voltage PWR and transmits the power supply voltage PWR to the power driver 120. The power driver 120 generates driving signals DRV 1-DRVN according to the received power voltage PWR and the control signal CTR.

Further, in the present embodiment, a lookup table 111 may be provided in the controller 110. The lookup table 111 may be used to record the corresponding relationship between the analysis result of the environmental status analysis and the illumination light type and the illumination color temperature, and may record the corresponding relationship between the illumination light type and the illumination color temperature and the control signal CTR. In this way, when the controller 110 generates the analysis result, the target illumination pattern and the target illumination color temperature can be found through the lookup table 111 according to the analysis result, and the control signal CTR can be found through the lookup table 111 for output according to the target illumination pattern and the target illumination color temperature. In addition, the controller 110 may also store the analysis result in the storage device. The storage device may be a memory built in the controller 110 or externally connected to the controller 110, or any type of storage medium, and is not particularly limited.

Referring to fig. 2, fig. 2 is a schematic view illustrating an embodiment of a lighting apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention. The lighting device 200 has a main body 201, light emitting elements 241 to 243, and

environmental parameter sensors

231, 232. The main body 201 has an opening area OPEN, and the light emitting elements 241 to 243 are respectively disposed on three different sides of the opening area OPEN in a side-to-side manner. In the present embodiment, the shape of the opening area OPEN is a rectangle. In other embodiments of the present invention, the shape of the opening area OPEN may be circular arc, polygonal or irregular, and is not limited. In the opening area OPEN on the body 201, a light guide member LGP is additionally provided. The light guide members LGP are disposed between the light emitting members 241 to 243, and the shape of the light guide members LGP corresponds to the shape of the opening area OPEN. An environmental parameter sensor 231 is disposed above the main body 201, wherein the environmental parameter sensor 231 may be at least one of a raindrop sensor, a humidity sensor, and a fog sensor. In addition, the environmental parameter sensor 232 may be disposed below the main body 201, and the environmental parameter sensor 232 may be at least one of a brightness sensor and an image capturing device. The image capturing device may be configured to capture an image of an environment (e.g., an image of a road) under the lighting apparatus 200, and detect a road surface state (e.g., a state of a flat road surface or a wet or dry road surface) of the road. The brightness sensor can detect the reflection degree of the road surface and obtain the brightness state parameter.

For example, when the lighting apparatus 200 determines that the environmental condition is fog-free, rain-free, and dry road surface, and the lighting color temperature is set to a relatively high value (for example, 4000K), the ratio of the light-emitting energy generated by the light-emitting

elements

241, 243, and 242 may be adjusted to 2: 1: 2, and produces an illumination pattern with relatively little forward light and a high color temperature. On the other hand, when the lighting apparatus 200 determines that the environmental condition is fog, rainy, and wet road surface and the lighting color temperature is set to a relatively low value (e.g., 3000K), the ratio of the light emitting energy generated by the

light emitting elements

241, 243, and 242 may be adjusted to 1: 1: 1 and produces an illumination pattern with relatively more forward light and a low color temperature.

Incidentally, the light emitting elements 241 to 243 may be constructed by a plurality of light emitting diodes. In the present embodiment, the controller and the power driver can be disposed inside the main body 201.

Referring to fig. 3, fig. 3 is a schematic view illustrating another embodiment of a lighting apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention. The lighting device 300 includes a main body 301, a controller 310, driving circuits 321 to 324, and light emitting elements 341 to 344. The main body 301 has an active surface, and the light emitting elements 341 to 344 are respectively disposed on a plurality of partitions at different positions of the active surface in a direct type manner. In the embodiment of the present invention, the driving circuits 321-324 are used to form a power driver. In addition, the light emitting elements 341 to 344 respectively generate color lights with different wavelengths, for example, the light emitting elements 341 to 344 respectively generate yellow light, blue light, red light and green light. The areas of the sub-regions respectively configured for the light emitting elements 341 to 344 may be the same, partially the same, or different.

In addition, when the adjustment operation of the illumination color temperature and/or the illumination light type is performed, the controller 310 can instruct the driving circuits 321 to 324 to adjust the light emitting energy of the light emitting elements 341 to 344, respectively. The light emitting components 341 to 344 may have the same, partially the same or different light emitting energies. In the present embodiment, the light emitting elements 341-344 can be constructed by a plurality of light emitting diodes.

On the other hand, in the embodiment of the present invention, the environmental parameter sensors may be disposed at a plurality of positions of the main body as in the embodiment of fig. 2, which is not described herein.

Next, referring to fig. 4, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram illustrating another implementation manner of the lighting apparatus according to the embodiment of the invention. In fig. 4, the light emitting modules in the lighting apparatus 400 are arranged in a direct type manner, and the light emitting modules are composed of a plurality of light emitting diodes LD1 and are arranged in different sub-areas 410 to 440. Each of the sub-areas 410-440 can be controlled by a driving circuit and generate light-emitting energy according to the corresponding driving signal. The number of the light emitting diodes LD1 in each of the sub-areas 410-440 is not limited. In this embodiment, the number of the light emitting diodes LD1 in each of the sub-areas 410 to 440 is the same, and in other embodiments of the present invention, the number of the light emitting diodes LD1 in each of the sub-areas 410 to 440 may be different. Or the number of the light emitting diodes LD1 in the subareas 410-440 of the first part is the same, and the number of the light emitting diodes LD1 in the subareas 410-440 of the other parts is different. In addition, the shape of the partitions 410-440 is not necessarily rectangular, and the illustration of FIG. 4 is merely an illustrative example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention.

Referring to fig. 5, fig. 5 is a schematic view illustrating an illumination apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention. The lighting device 500 includes a controller 510, a power driver 520, environmental parameter sensors 531-53M, and light emitting elements 541-542. The controller 510 is coupled to the environmental parameter sensors 531-53M, wherein the environmental parameter sensors 531-53M are used for respectively detecting a plurality of environmental parameters EP 1-EPM and providing the environmental parameters EP 1-EPM to the controller 510. The controller 510 performs an environmental status analysis according to the environmental parameters EP 1-EPM to generate an analysis result, and the controller 510 generates the control signal CTR according to the analysis result. In the present embodiment, the power driver 520 includes a plurality of driving circuits 521-522. The control signals CTR generated by the controller 510 include control signals CTR1 and CTR2, and the control signals CTR1 and CTR2 respectively correspond to the control signals CTR1 and CTR2 of the driving circuits 521-522. On the other hand, the controller 510 transmits the power voltages PWR1, PWR2 to the driving circuits 521-522, and the power voltages PWR1, PWR2 can be generated according to the power voltage PWR, wherein the power voltage PWR can be the same as or different from the power voltages PWR1, PWR2, and the power voltages PWR1, PWR2 can be the same as or different from each other.

The driving

circuits

521 and 522 may generate driving signals DRV1 and DRV2 according to the received power voltages PWR1 and PWR2 and the control signals CTR1 and CTR2, respectively, wherein the driving signals DRV1 and DRV2 are provided to the

light emitting elements

541 and 542, respectively. The

light emitting elements

541 and 542 generate light emitting energy according to the driving signals DRV1 and DRV2, respectively.

As can be readily understood from the above description, the controller 510 according to the embodiment of the invention can control the driving signals 521 and 522 to generate the driving signals DRV1 and DRV2 respectively by the control signals CTR1 and CTR2 according to the analysis result of the environmental condition, and adjust the proportion of the light-emitting energy generated by the light-emitting

elements

541 and 542 by the driving signals DRV1 and DRV2 to adjust at least one of the illumination shape and the illumination color temperature generated by the illumination apparatus 500.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the controller 510 may be a processor with computing capability. Alternatively, the controller 510 may be a Hardware Circuit designed through Hardware Description Language (HDL) or any other digital Circuit design known to those skilled in the art, and implemented through Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Complex Programmable Logic Device (CPLD) or Application-specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC). In addition, the

drivers

521 and 522 can be implemented by a driving circuit known to one skilled in the art, and are not limited in particular.

It is noted that in the embodiment of the present invention, the controller 510 may have a communication device 511. The communication device 511 may be any form of wireless or wired communication device. The communication device 511 is used for coupling with a remote electronic device (not shown) and transmitting information. In the embodiment of the present invention, the communication device 511 may be used to perform an operation of transmitting the analysis result of the environmental status with a remote electronic device. In the present embodiment, the remote electronic device may be any electronic device known to one of ordinary skill in the art, and is not particularly limited.

In the embodiment of the present invention, when a plurality of lighting apparatus devices (for example, street lamps) are disposed in an area, one of the lighting apparatuses may be set as a master lighting apparatus, and the other lighting apparatuses may be set as slave lighting apparatuses. The master lighting device can analyze the environmental state of the area and transmit the analysis result of the environmental state to other slave lighting devices through the communication device. Therefore, all the lighting equipment can adjust the generated lighting type and the lighting color temperature according to the analysis result of the environment state, and the uniformity of the road surface lighting and the comfort of vision are improved.

Referring to fig. 6, fig. 6 shows a control method of an illumination apparatus according to an embodiment of the invention. In fig. 6, in step S610, a plurality of environmental parameter sensors are disposed to respectively detect a plurality of environmental parameters. Step S620 performs environmental status analysis according to the environmental parameters, and generates an analysis result. Next, step S630 generates a plurality of driving signals according to the analysis result. In addition, step S640 adjusts at least one of the light emitting energy and the display color temperature of the plurality of light emitting elements in the lighting device according to the driving signal.

The details of the above steps have been elaborated in the foregoing embodiments, and are not repeated herein.

Referring to fig. 7, fig. 7 shows a control method of an illumination apparatus according to another embodiment of the invention. In fig. 7, in step S710, raindrop sensing, temperature sensing, fog sensing, image capturing, light sensing and the like of the environment where the lighting device is located are performed, and in step S720, the controller determines the sensing result of step S710. Here, the controller may perform an environmental state analysis on the sensing result of step S710, and generate an analysis result of the environment and the road surface in step S730. Step S741 controls the dimming ratios of the light emitting elements to control the generated illumination light type, and step S742 controls the color ratios of the light emitting elements to control the generated illumination color temperature.

Based on the results of steps S741 and S742, step S750 can control and output the adjusted illumination type and illumination color temperature. If the lighting device is a direction-finding lighting device as shown in fig. 2, the adjustment of the lighting pattern can be achieved by adjusting the ratio of the lighting energy of the lighting elements on different sides. If the illumination apparatus is a direct illumination apparatus as shown in fig. 3 and 4, the illumination light type can be adjusted by adjusting the light emitting energy of the light emitting elements in different sub-areas, and/or the light emitting energy of the light emitting elements generating different colors can be adjusted to adjust the illumination color temperature. Finally, in step S760, the improvement of the visual road flatness and the visual comfort can be achieved.

In summary, the present invention detects and analyzes a plurality of parameters according to the environmental status of the lighting apparatus, and adjusts at least one of the light-emitting energy and the lighting color temperature of the plurality of light-emitting elements according to the analysis result of the environmental status. Therefore, the lighting equipment can intelligently adjust the lighting light type and the lighting color temperature according to the weather state and the road surface state of the environment where the lighting equipment is located. In response to the changeable environmental conditions, the visual comfort level and the visual road surface flatness can be effectively improved, and the expressive degree of the lighting equipment is improved.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to the above embodiments, it should be understood that various changes and modifications can be made therein by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Claims

1. An illumination device, comprising:

a plurality of light emitting components arranged in the main body and respectively controlled by a plurality of driving signals;

a power driver coupled to the plurality of light emitting components and providing the plurality of driving signals;

a plurality of environmental parameter sensors arranged on the main body and respectively detecting a plurality of environmental parameters; and

a controller coupled to the power driver and the plurality of environmental parameter sensors for analyzing the environmental status according to the plurality of environmental parameters to generate an analysis result and enabling the power driver to generate the plurality of driving signals according to the analysis result,

wherein the controller respectively adjusts the light emission energy and the illumination color temperature of the light emitting components according to the driving signals, and adjusts the light emission energy of the light emitting components according to the analysis result to adjust the illumination light type generated by the illumination device, and wherein

If the analysis result is that the road surface is dry, the controller adjusts the forward light of the illumination light type generated by the illumination device to be first energy according to the analysis result, and if the analysis result is that the road surface is wet, the controller adjusts the forward light of the illumination light type generated by the illumination device to be second energy according to the analysis result, wherein the second energy is larger than the first energy.

2. The illumination device as recited in claim 1, wherein the controller adjusts a ratio between light emitting energies of the light emitting components according to the driving signals to adjust a lighting pattern generated by the illumination device.

3. The illumination apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of environmental parameter sensors comprise a raindrop sensor, a humidity sensor, a fog sensor, a brightness sensor and an image capturing device for detecting a raindrop state parameter, a humidity state parameter, a fog state parameter, a brightness state parameter and an environmental image respectively.

4. The illumination apparatus as claimed in claim 3, wherein the controller adjusts the color temperature of the illumination generated by the light emitting elements according to the raindrop state parameter, the humidity state parameter and the fog state parameter via the driving signals.

5. The illumination device as recited in claim 1, wherein the plurality of light emitting elements are respectively disposed at a plurality of sides of the opening area in the body.

6. The illumination device as recited in claim 5, further comprising a light guide member disposed between the plurality of light emitting members at the opening area.

7. A lighting device as recited in claim 1, wherein said plurality of light-emitting elements are collectively disposed on an active surface in the body.

8. The illumination device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the plurality of light emitting elements are divided into a plurality of sub-regions according to the arrangement positions on the active surface, and the light emitting elements of each sub-region generate light energy according to the corresponding driving signals.

9. The illumination device as recited in claim 8 wherein the luminous energy provided by the plurality of zones can be all the same, partially the same, or all the same.

10. The illumination device according to claim 8, wherein areas of the plurality of partitions may be all the same, partially the same, or all the same.

11. The lighting device as defined in claim 1, wherein the power driver comprises:

a plurality of driving circuits coupled to the controller for receiving a power voltage and generating a plurality of driving signals according to a plurality of control signals,

the controller generates the control signals according to the analysis result.

12. The illumination apparatus of claim 11, wherein the controller comprises a look-up table for recording the corresponding relationship between the analysis result of the environmental status analysis and the target illumination light pattern and the target illumination color temperature, and the controller generates the control signals according to the target illumination light pattern and the target illumination color temperature.

13. The illumination apparatus of claim 1, wherein the controller is further coupled to a remote electronic device via a communication device for communicating the analysis result with the remote electronic device.

14. A method of controlling a lighting device, comprising:

setting a plurality of environmental parameter sensors to respectively detect a plurality of environmental parameters;

analyzing the environmental state according to the environmental parameters and generating an analysis result;

generating a plurality of driving signals according to the analysis result; and

adjusting the luminous energy and the display color temperature of a plurality of luminous components in the lighting equipment respectively according to the driving signals, and adjusting the luminous energy of the luminous components through the analysis result to adjust the lighting type generated by the lighting equipment, wherein

If the analysis result is that the road surface is dry, forward light of the illumination light pattern generated by the illumination device is adjusted to be first energy according to the analysis result, and if the analysis result is that the road surface is wet, the forward light of the illumination light pattern generated by the illumination device is adjusted to be second energy according to the analysis result, wherein the second energy is larger than the first energy.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the driving signals respectively correspond to the light-emitting elements, and the step of adjusting the light-emitting energies of the light-emitting elements in the lighting device according to the driving signals comprises:

and respectively adjusting the proportion of the luminous energy of the plurality of luminous components according to the plurality of driving signals so as to adjust the illumination light type generated by the illumination equipment.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of providing the plurality of environmental parameter sensors to respectively detect the plurality of environmental parameters comprises:

the raindrop sensor, the humidity sensor, the fog sensor, the brightness sensor and the image capturer are arranged to respectively detect raindrop state parameters, humidity state parameters, fog state parameters, brightness state parameters and environment images.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of adjusting the illumination color temperatures of the light emitting components in the lighting device according to the driving signals comprises:

and adjusting the lighting color temperature generated by the plurality of light-emitting components according to the raindrop state parameter, the humidity state parameter and the fog state parameter through the plurality of driving signals.

18. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

the analysis result is transmitted to the remote electronic device by connecting with the remote electronic device through the communication device.